Comments from Al Alvarez

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Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about 170th Street Cinema on Mar 30, 2020 at 3:31 am

ridethectrain, it did re-open after that as a short-lived six-plex.

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Al Alvarez commented about New York Theatre on Mar 26, 2020 at 3:55 am

Poman, I can second your “Cine 43” claim in 1982-1983, it is in the DAILY NEWS archives. I have not yet found a Nuevo Cine listing. Were the films in Spanish?

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Al Alvarez commented about Biscayne Park Theater on Feb 29, 2020 at 3:50 am

I found a Miami Herald ad for the Grand Opening January 15, 1926 for a live review called ‘FOUNTANIA AT MIAMI SHORES’ at East Dixie Highway and 125th Street, the inaugural attraction at the ‘newest amusement theatre". This seems to have been quite a fancy and sprawling amusement location with lots of bells and whistles I have yet to find any signs of movies having been shown.

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Al Alvarez commented about Apollo North on Feb 15, 2020 at 8:33 pm

This was opened by an independent operator who also ran the other Apollo, Aladdin, America and Ambassador.

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Al Alvarez commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Feb 7, 2020 at 2:13 am

I bought a DVD of “NORWAY” back in London that was probably a bootleg. The DVD had no ending but the film was dreadful anyway.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Sutton Theater on Feb 2, 2020 at 4:23 am

“THE BLUE MAX” in the photo section.

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Al Alvarez commented about Palm Springs Twin One & Two on Feb 1, 2020 at 11:10 pm

rivest, the closest thing to an opening ad for the twin is in the November 21, 1973 Miami Herald, with SALTY the seal and his trainer appearing in person.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rex Art Cinema on Jan 26, 2020 at 5:03 pm

Rivest, the Little River was the 79th Street Twin (Bard).

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Al Alvarez commented about Strand Theatre on Jan 25, 2020 at 9:30 pm

That older Strand was on Flagler Street and Miami Avenue.

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Al Alvarez commented about AMC Lincoln Square 13 on Jan 23, 2020 at 3:54 am

Let’s be fair now. Netflix' takeover of the Belasco and Paris for their own Oscar bait premieres was quite a blast from the past in Showmanship.

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Al Alvarez commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Jan 21, 2020 at 11:32 pm

Check out page 4, bigjoe.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about AMC Lincoln Square 13 on Jan 20, 2020 at 4:11 am

“Lossless” sounds like the same old THX fraud. “If the theatre didn’t pay to keep the noise out, we did our job.”

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Al Alvarez commented about Sutton Theater on Jan 17, 2020 at 4:12 am

Vindanpar, “YOUNG WINSTON” was real classic Roadshow reserved seats at the Columbia.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about New Plaza Cinema on Jan 15, 2020 at 3:25 am

Actually, this happened once before and this space came back as a cinema.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 10, 2020 at 10:21 pm

bigjoe, Kennedy’s focus was more on the expensive Roadshows that tried to mimic “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” elements and failed. Movies like “STAR!”, “DOCTOR DOLITTLE” and “SONG OF NORWAY” from 1965 to 1972.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 10, 2020 at 3:36 am

The whole slant of the Kennedy book is that Studios were failing to replicate the box office success of “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” by repeating that standard of sweet corn. In that, he is right.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 8, 2020 at 2:06 pm

NY Times, December 28, 1917; MISHAP DELAYS THE RIVOLI’S OPENING. A postponement of the opening of the new Rivoli Theatre, at Broadway and Forty-ninth Street, was made necessary yesterday afternoon by the collapse of a portion of the stage as it was being put into place.

On the following day, a review of the opening night says that “the theatre has a platform rather than a stage”.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 7, 2020 at 2:38 pm

The book is about “THE FALL OF THE FILM MUSICALS IN THE 1960’s”, so it makes a negative argument from the start.

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Al Alvarez commented about Palace Theatre on Jan 7, 2020 at 4:14 am

The “BEN-HUR” 1969 re-release at the Palace ran for a mere nine weeks.

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Al Alvarez commented about Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas Coconut Grove on Jan 6, 2020 at 8:57 pm

Currently closed for renovations.

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Al Alvarez commented about Roxy Cinema Tribeca on Jan 6, 2020 at 7:14 pm

This has returned to being the Roxy Cinema again.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 6, 2020 at 3:18 am

Kennedy’s book is only wrong if you consider what has happened since. His quotes are legitimate from the film’s bad reviews back then. Fair or not, Barbra Streisand was seen as too young for the role and the film’s musical numbers were often reviewed as being severly over-produced.

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Al Alvarez commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Dec 30, 2019 at 3:47 am

It was in 1976.

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Al Alvarez commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Dec 30, 2019 at 3:35 am

ridethectrain, have you found any pics of the marquee as the Mark Triplex?

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Al Alvarez commented about Movieland on Dec 24, 2019 at 3:34 am

David, the real cinema rarity in those pics is the Cine Lido marquee shot on the second pic. Please post this there.